US5663483A - Transgenic mice expressing human cholesterol 7αhydroxylase - Google Patents

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US5663483A US08/361,458 US36145894A US5663483A US 5663483 A US5663483 A US 5663483A US 36145894 A US36145894 A US 36145894A US 5663483 A US5663483 A US 5663483A
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  • High serum cholesterol is commonly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, atherosclerosis and circulatory disorders.
  • diseases are caused by disorders of cholesterol catabolism, such as gallstone disease, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia and some lipid storage diseases.
  • Bile contains free cholesterol and bile acids.
  • the enzyme, cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase (CYP7) commits cholesterol to bile acid synthesis and catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of bile acid synthesis in the liver.
  • CYP7 cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase
  • Bile acids are physiological agents which are important in the solubilization of lipid-soluble vitamins, sterol and xenobiotics. Bile acids are synthesized exclusively in the liver and are secreted to the intestines where they are modified to secondary bile acids. Most bile acids are reabsorbed in the ileum and recirculated to the hepatocytes via the portal vein.
  • the feedback of bile into the liver is known to inhibit cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase and thus inhibit the overall rate of bile acid synthesis.
  • Cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase therefore has been a subject of intense investigations to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms of bile acid synthesis in the liver.
  • the regulation of eukaryotic genes is thought to occur at several locations, including the promoter sequences, which are located upstream of the transcription start site; enhancer or repressor sequences, which are located upstream of the promoter; within intron sequences, which are non-coding sequences located between exons or coding sequence; and in 3' sequences, which are located downstream from the coding region.
  • the promoter sequence is unique to each gene and is required for the accurate and efficient initiation of gene transcription. Enhancers and/or repressors regulate promoter activity and determine the level of gene transcription during the development and differentiation of a particular tissue.
  • TFIID complex and associated transcription activators interact with the basal initiation factors and RNA polymerase II to activate the promoter.
  • the transcription complex assembly and initiation are regulated by transcription factors bound to enhancer elements located in the promoter and other regions of the gene (Pughand Tjian, J. Biol. Chem. 267, 679-682, 1992).
  • Tissue-specific transcription factors and nuclear steroid hormone receptors are known to play an important role in the regulation of gene expression in different tissues during development and differentiation.
  • an embodiment of the invention provides genomic DNA of cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase, in particular, DNA sequences of FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 (SEQ. ID NOS 4, 5 and 6, respectively), clones ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 26 (ATCC 75534) and ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 5 (ATCC 75535), and fragments thereof.
  • an expression vector comprising genomic DNA of cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase and a host cell comprising the vector.
  • an expression vector can comprise a construct of a cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase promoter region operably linked to a reporter gene.
  • a construct can be introduced into a mammal at an embryonic stage to provide a transgenic nonhuman mammal.
  • germ cells and somatic cells of the mammal contain a promoter region from the human genomic CYP7 5' flanking sequence of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene, wherein the promoter region is operably linked to a reporter gene.
  • the transgenic mammal described above containing the reporter construct can be used to screen or determine an agent's capacity to up- or down- regulate the promoter region of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase. This is achieved by exposing the mammal to a test agent and detecting an effect the expression of reporter gene in the mammal relative to that of a control, where no agent is applied. For example, when the mammal is exposed to agents that upregulate the promoter region of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase, expression of reporter gene is increased, and the agent is identified as potentially capable of decreasing serum cholesterol in humans.
  • Another embodiment of the invention provides a transformed cell comprising a recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene which is operably linked to a cis-acting regulatory element that controls expression of said gene and wherein the recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene sequence is substantially the same as the coding sequence of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene.
  • Another embodiment provides a cell, wherein transcription of recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene is under the control of cis-acting regulatory elements/promoter that are the same as the sequences controlling the transcription of the endogenous human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene, and wherein a cis-acting regulatory element controlling transcription of said gene is inducible.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase minigene for transforming an animal to produce functionally active cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • a minigene of CYP7 in this context can comprise exons I through VI inclusive and at least two introns selected from the group consisting of I and II; and I, II and III.
  • the minigene can further comprise a CYP7 promoter region.
  • Another transgenic nonhuman mammal is provided according to the invention, the mammal having germ cells and somatic cells that comprise a recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene that is operably linked to a cis-acting regulatory element that controls the expression of the gene in said mammal such that peripheral blood cholesterol levels and the production of bile acids in said mammal are affected.
  • the gene is introduced into the non-human mammal or an ancestor of the non-human mammal at an embryonic stage, and a chromosome of said mammal includes an endogenous coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequence of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene.
  • transgenic mammal wherein transcription of recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene is under the control of those cis-acting regulatory elements/promoter sequences that control transcription of the endogenous human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene, and wherein the cis-acting regulatory element controlling transcription of said gene is inducible.
  • FIG. 1A shows a gene map of the human CYP7 gene
  • FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C show the gene map of clones ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 26 and ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 5, respectively. Exons I, II and III are represented by shaded boxes. Arrows indicate regions where sequences have been determined (shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 (SEQ. ID NOS 4, 5 and 6, respectively)).
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic representation of the construction of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase containing plasmid, pH7 aMG. Shaded thin boxes represent amino acid coding exons, while vector is represented by shaded thick boxes.
  • a 5.5 kilobase EcoRI fragment (FIG. 4 SEQ ID NO:4) which contains promoter region, exons I, II and partial exon III and introns I and II, was fused to a EcoRI-XhoI fragment of cDNA which contains partial exon III, exons IV, V and partial exon VI.
  • An internal EcoRI site in exon III provided the linkage of the gene fragment to the cDNA to construct a minigene, as discussed in Example III.
  • FIG. 3 shows a human CYP7 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:3) that is expressed in a transgenic animal carrying a minigene.
  • FIG. 4 shows a nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:4) including exon I, intron I, exon II, intron II and exon III, of human CYP7.
  • FIG. 5 shows a nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:5), including 5' upstream Eco RI fragment.
  • FIG. 6 shows a nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:6), including intron IV exon V, intron V, and exon VI, of human CYP7.
  • the present invention relates to the isolation and sequencing of the human genomic CYP7 gene, including intron and exon sequences and 5' upstream sequences. Two clones containing genomic CYP7 DNA are sequenced, as shown schematically in FIGS. 1B and 1C.
  • the invention also includes a recombinant vector containing at least a fragment of the genomic CYP7 gene and a host cell, such as E. Coli, containing the vector.
  • the invention further includes "fragments" of the CYP7 genomic DNA, exemplified by a DNA fragment that is an exon or intron of the CYP7 gene.
  • exon I is nucleotides 2236 to 2319
  • intron I is 2320 to 3928
  • exon II is 3929 to 4169
  • intron II is 4170 to 5210
  • exon III is 5211 to 5537.
  • partial exon IV is 1 to 456, exon V is 457 to 632, intron V is 633 to 1220, and exon VI begins at 1221 of FIG. 6.
  • fragment within the present invention also encompasses any fragment obtained by digesting the disclosed DNA of the invention with any restriction endonucleases, preferably, at the restriction sites shown in FIG. 1. Other restriction fragments can be obtained as well, by using conventional skills in the art.
  • stringent conditions means conditions with a salt concentration of 4 ⁇ SSC (NaCl-citrate buffer) at 62°-66° C.
  • high stringent conditions means conditions with a salt concentration of 0.1 ⁇ SSC at 68° C.
  • a promoter region of the gene is further identified.
  • Clone ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 26 contains an insert that spans about 8.0 kb of the 5'-upstream flanking sequence.
  • this sequence information permits construction of a human CYP7 promoter operably linked to a reporter gene.
  • This "promoter/reporter" gene construct is used to transform host cells and animals.
  • the promoter/reporter gene is used to transform E. coli strain JM101 or mammalian hepatocytes, or to transform a transgenic mouse or hamster.
  • a transformed cell line or transgenic animal containing a promoter/reporter gene according to the invention is provided.
  • a transformant readily detects an agent that increases or decreases expression of CYP7 gene. This is so because the agent's interaction with the CYP7 promoter region produces a corresponding reporter protein expression pattern that is easily detectable. For example, where the firefly-derived protein luciferase is used as a reporter gene, luciferase expression is measured quantitatively by its bioluminescence.
  • the CYP7 promoter region or certain regulatory elements excised therefrom can be used for the controlled expression of either the CYP7 gene or various reporter or indicator genes which allow quantitative determination of gene expression in the presence of inhibitory or stimulatory drugs.
  • Reporter genes include, but are not limited to, E. coli ⁇ -galactosidase, galactokinase, interleukin 2, thymidine kinase, alkaline phosphatase, luciferase and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT).
  • E. coli ⁇ -galactosidase galactokinase
  • interleukin 2 interleukin 2
  • thymidine kinase interleukin 2
  • alkaline phosphatase luciferase
  • luciferase and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT).
  • CAT chloramphenicol acetyltransfera
  • a minigene construct is provided by ligating a fragment of newly discovered genetic information, in particular a gene sequence excised from clone ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 26, together with a cDNA spanning exons 3-6.
  • a minigene is provided and used to transform an animal for in vivo production of human CYP7.
  • a promoter region and exons I-VI are employed, as well as introns I and II, or introns I, II and III of the genomic CYP7 DNA.
  • any of introns III, IV or V may be omitted.
  • introns III, IV and V or introns IV and V of the CYP7 gene can be omitted.
  • a preferred minigene according to the invention contains all of the CYP7 exons as well as introns I and II.
  • Another minigene according to the invention contains all exons and introns I, II and III. Therefore, a method is provided for expressing a CYP7 gene in transgenic animals that have been transformed with a minigene, such as the minigene shown in FIG. 2.
  • the minigene can contain the promoter region of CYP7.
  • another known promoter region is substituted for the promoter region of CYP7 to permit experimentally regulated promoter-driven expression in an animal.
  • a transgenic mouse can be made wherein the CYP7 minigene is driven by the metallothionein promoter. Use of this promoter in a transgenic mouse provides a model of CYP7 overexpression in the transgenic animal.
  • a human CYP7 minigene permits production of a transgenic animal, preferably an animal that carries new genetic information in every tissue, including the germ cells.
  • a minigene when introduced into a transgenic animal, will express a CYP7 protein having an amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:3) shown in FIG. 3.
  • SEQ ID NO:3 amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 3.
  • This animal is a useful disease model for screening an agent in vivo effect on the regulation of CYP7 expression, as described further in Example 3.
  • Microinjection involves the isolation of embryos at the single cell stage.
  • the DNA encoding the gene of interest is microinjected in vitro into the isolated embryos and the manipulated embryos are implanted into pseudo-pregnant females.
  • Transgenic animals can be identified shortly after birth by analyzing the DNA obtained from a tissue fragment, such as the tail, using probes specific for the inserted gene.
  • Integration has been generally found to occur in a head-to-tail concatameric fashion at a single genomic site. Incorporation of the foreign gene at the one-celled stage results in a transgenic animal; if integration occurs at a multicellular stage, a mosaic results. Integration of two different embryonic stem cells may lead to the creation of a chimeric animal. Only microinjection results in the production of animals that can transmit the genetic information to their progeny in a Mendelian fashion. Germline integration is essential in order to utilize these transgenic animals as perpetual animal models.
  • the presence of the recombinant gene sequence in the germ cells of the transgenic founder animal means that approximately half of the founder animal's descendants will carry the activated recombinant gene sequence in all of their germ cells and somatic cells.
  • the level at which the new protein will be expressed determines the level at which the new protein will be expressed, as well as its temporal and tissue-specific manner of expression. Perhaps the most important factors are the promoter and enhancer employed in controlling the expression of the protein encoded by the inserted DNA. Regulatory elements which are tissue-specific direct significant expression to a specific tissue; whereas ubiquitous promoters permit expression in different tissues within the animal.
  • Important cis-acting regulatory elements are required for expression of a human gene at levels equivalent to or higher than that in the unmodified organ. It is known that the first intron and second intron and possibly third intron of a human gene are important in the regulation of protein expression.
  • cis-acting regulatory elements of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene to test which regions are required for expression of the human gene at levels equivalent to or higher than that in the unmodified organ.
  • the cis-acting regulatory elements of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene to be used in such constructs are selected from: the 5' upstream region, the first intron, second intron and third intron of the human gene.
  • the invention features a transgenic non-human vertebrate animal, preferably a mammal such as a rodent, eg., a mouse or hamster, containing germ cells and somatic cells that contain a recombinant gene which is substantially homologous with a vertebrate gene in the cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase family which is capable of expressing cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • the recombinant gene is introduced into the animal, or an ancestor of the animal, at an embryonic stage, preferably the one-cell, or fertilized oocyte stage, and generally not later than about the 8-cell stage.
  • the recombinant gene preferably is substantially homologous with (i.e., greater than 50% homologous, and preferably greater than 80% in terms of encoded amino acid sequence) human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • transcription of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase encoding DNA is under the control of the promoter sequence that is the same as the promoter sequence controlling transcription of the endogenous coding sequence, so that the expressed protein is regulated similarly to its expression in humans.
  • the term endogenous cis-acting regulatory elements refers to the nucleic acid sequence that controls the expression of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene in vivo.
  • the animals of the invention can be used as models to test for agents that potentially effect the expression of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • Hypercholesterolemia (or hypercholesteremia or hypercholesterinemia) is a clinical condition in which there is an abnormally large amount of cholesterol present in the cells and plasma of the circulating blood. Hypercholesterolemia is a serious medical condition that leads to atherosclerosis, atheromatous plaques, arteriole sclerotic plaque formation, hypertension and heart disease.
  • the transgenic animals of the invention can be used for testing agents that may cure hypercholesterolemia, or relieve its symptoms, or for testing agents that may promote hypercholesterolemia.
  • the agents to be tested can be administered to an animal of the invention and the animal's peripheral cholesterol and bile acids are monitored.
  • Peripheral cholesterol is measured by routine tests available in most clinical laboratories.
  • Bile acid production is monitored using reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC).
  • Transgenic animals of the invention are most useful as animal models for testing agents and procedures that promote or inhibit overexpression or under expression of CYP7. Overexpression would result in increased bile acid synthesis from cholesterol whereas underexpression would result in decreased bile acid synthesis from cholesterol and hypercholesterolemia. Therefore, transgenic animals of the invention may be used to study the regulation of bile acid synthesis and hypercholesterolemia.
  • a transgenic mouse or hamster on a high cholesterol diet is used to determine whether overexpression of CYP7 in the mice could prevent hypercholesterolemia.
  • Transgenic mice fed a diet containing high levels of both bile acids and cholesterol are used to determine whether a high bile acid diet suppresses 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase expression and thus induces hypercholesterolemia.
  • constructs of the present invention may be used to assess gene expression in vitro as well as gene regulation in vivo.
  • the construct of FIG. 2 may be used to transfect hepatocytes and other mammalian cells to test for tissue specific expression of the CPY7 gene.
  • the construct of FIG. 7 may be used to transfect hepatocytes and other mammalian cells to assess the regulation of the CPY7 gene.
  • the invention features a transformed mammalian cell, preferably a hepatocyte, containing a recombinant gene which is substantially homologous with a vertebrate gene in the cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase family which is capable of expressing cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • the recombinant gene is introduced into the cell by various transfection means well known in the art.
  • the recombinant gene preferably is substantially homologous with (i.e., greater than 50% homologous, and preferably greater than 80% in terms of encoded amino acid sequence) human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • transcription of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase encoding DNA is under the control of the promoter sequence that is the same as the promoter sequence controlling transcription of the endogenous coding sequence, so that the expressed protein is regulated similarly to its expression in humans.
  • the cells of the invention can be used as models to test for agents that potentially affect the expression of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • the agents to be tested can be provided to the cells and the expression of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase assayed.
  • Such transformed cells are useful for testing agents that promote or inhibit overexpression or under expression of CYP7.
  • Analysis of the CYP7 promoter may be performed in cell culture using either the downstream recombinant CYP7 minigene or a reporter construct.
  • the CYP7 regulatory elements can be used for the controlled expression of either the CYP7 gene or various reporter or indicator genes which allow quantitative determination of gene expression in the presence of inhibitory or stimulatory drugs. Reporter genes and systems have been described herein.
  • a human genomic library constructed with Sau3A1 partially digested human placental DNA ligated into a BamHI site of EMBL-3 Sp6/T7 phage vector (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.) was screened using a 1.6 kb EcoRI-PstI fragment of a human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase cDNA isolated previously (Keram and Chiang, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 185, 588-595, 1992) as a hybridization probe. Hybridizations were carried out at a high stringent condition of 68° C., 1% SDS and 0.1 ⁇ SSC. 800,000 pfu of phages were screened.
  • FIG. 1B shows the gene map of clone ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 26, which contains a 15 kb insert that spans about 8.0 kb of the 5'-upstream flanking sequence and exons I to III FIGS. 4 and 5 SEQ ID NOS 4, 5 and 6, respectively).
  • Clone ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 5 (FIG. 1C) contains intron IV, exon V, intron V and partial exon VI (FIG. 6 SEQ ID NO:6).
  • An 8.0 kb 3'-flanking sequence extends beyond the sequenced region of ⁇ HG7 ⁇ 5 (FIG. 6 SEQ ID NO:6).
  • DNA sequencing of the nested deletions were carried out by the dideoxy chain termination method using T7 sequenase version 2.0 (USB, Cleveland, Ohio) and 35 S-dATP. Sequence data were obtained from both strands and the overlapping deletion clones and analyzed using DNASIS software (Hitachi America, Calif.). Nucleotide sequences of a 5 kb EcoRI fragment and a 2.6 kb EcoRI fragments were determined. The 5 kb fragment contains the sequence from -1886 of the 5'-upstream region to partial exon 3 (FIG. 4 SEQ ID NO:4). Included in FIG.
  • FIG. 6 is the 2316 basepair sequence that contains partial intron IV, exon V, intron V and exon VI of the human CYP7 gene.
  • HLU-1 primer 5'TACCGCTCGAGTGATTAGAAAGGGAAGGAT3' SEQ ID NO:1
  • HLU-2 primer 5 ⁇ CAAGAATGATAGATAAAAT 3'SEQ ID NO:2
  • the Kpn 1 and BamH1 fragment is 4.6 kb and is used for microinjection into fertilized oocytes in the production of transgenic animals.
  • Transgenic animals containing this construct, as assayed by Southern Blot analysis, are then tested for various agents which are capable of upregulating or downregulating the CYP7 cis acting elements.
  • cis-acting regulatory elements of the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene are selected from: the 5' upstream region, the first intron, second intron and third intron of the human gene.
  • Tissue samples including liver, are tested for luciferase activity by methods well known in the art.
  • the homogenized tissue supernatants are mixed with luciferin and Coenzyme A in a buffer containing ATP.
  • Luciferin illuminescence as detected using a luminometer, only occurs in the presence of the recombinant luciferase expressed in the transgenic tissue.
  • the recombinant CYP7 minigene present in the pH7 aMG vector is incorporated into the germ cells of mice as follows: The construction of the pH7aMG shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2. The entire 7.2 kb insert in pH7aMG can be removed by restriction enzyme cleavage with BamH 1 and Kpn 1.
  • the CYP7 minigene DNA was prepared for injection by digestion with 4 units each of BamH1 and Kpnl per ug of DNA per 1 hour at 37° C, electrophoresed through a 1% agarose gel, and purified as described by Sinn et al., Cell 49: 465 (1987).
  • the isolated 7.2 kb DNA fragment was injected into the pronuclei of fertilized one-cell mouse or hamster eggs derived from the FVB/NHd inbred strain (Taconic laboratory, Germantown, N.J.). About 100 to 1000 copies of linearized plasmid is incorporated per pronucleus.
  • viable eggs are transferred to the oviducts of pseudopregnant Swiss Webster mice (Taconic Farms), as described by Wagner et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:5016 91981). Mice are housed in an environmentally controlled facility maintained on a 10 hour dark: 14 hour light cycle. The eggs in the foster females are allowed to develop to term.
  • DNA of each pup born is analyzed by Southern hybridization using DNA taken from the pup's tail. DNA is extracted from 1.5 cm tail sections. Davis et al. Meth. Enzym. 65:405 (1980). The nucleic acid pellet is resuspended in 200 ⁇ l of 10 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.4, 0.1 mM EDTA, and 10 ⁇ g is digested with Kpn1 and BamH1, electrophoresed through 1.0% agarose, and transferred to nitrocellulose. Southern, J. Mol. Biol. 98:503 (1975).
  • CYP7 transgene specific probe is a fragment of the CYP7 minigene that will not hybridize to related sequences in the host genome. This fragment is free of repetitive sequences.
  • the CYP7 transgene specific probe is labeled with 32 P dCTP by nick translation. Rigby et al., J. Mol. Biol. 113:237 (1977).
  • Southern hybridization indicates which founder mice retain the CYP7 minigene construct.
  • RNA pellets are washed twice by reprecipitation in ethanol and quantitated by absorbance at 260 nm.
  • Single stranded, uniformly labeled RNA probe is prepared using a transgene specific probe.
  • a transgene specific probe is a fragment of the CYP7 minigene that will not hybridize to related sequences in the host genome.
  • This fragment is free of repetitive sequences. Since the human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase mRNA is 3 kb and the endogenous mouse cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase mRNA is 4 kb, even the entire CYP7 minigene construct cut out of the pH71 MG could be used to identify the presence of the transcribed exogenous human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase gene. Melton et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 12:7035 (1984).
  • labelled single-stranded probe fragments are isolated on 8M urea 5% acrylamide gels, electroeluted and hybridized to total RNA. Berk et al., Cell 12:721 (1977).
  • the hybridization mixture contains 50,000 CPM to 100,000 cpm of probe (Specific Activity -10 8 cpm/ug), 10 ⁇ g total cellular RNA, 50% formamide, 500 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris pH 7.5, 1 mM EDTA. Melton et al. (1984) supra.
  • Hybridization temperatures vary according to the GC content.
  • RNAase A and RNAase T 1 (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). RNAase digestions are carried out at 37° C. for 15 minutes. The samples are then ethanol precipitated and electrophoresed on 8M urea 5% acrylamide gels.
  • the tissues analyzed are liver, muscle, pancreas, stomach, brain, intestines, eye, aorta, salivary gland and kidney. 10 ⁇ g of total RNA from each of these tissues is analyzed using a transgene specific probe.
  • mRNA transcripts are evaluated in liver RNA (prepared as above) after conversion to cDNA, PCR amplification and Southern hybridization analysis. Rosenfeld et al., supra.
  • liver RNA prepared as above
  • two separate primer pairs are used: a 5' primer pair to detect the 5' end of recombinant construct mRNA transcripts and a CYP7-specific antisense primer, and a 3' primer pair to evaluate the 3' end of the recombinant mRNA transcript.
  • PCR amplification products are evaluated by agarose gel electrophoresis followed by Southern hybridization using 32 P-labeled human CYP7 probes.
  • RNA from transgenic animals will exhibit CYP7 directed human mRNA transcripts of a size similar to that directed by these constructs in cultured cells.
  • Levels of a constitutively expressed protein transcripts such as Beta-actin or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, serve as a positive control and are normally similar for both transgenic and nontransgenic tissue samples.
  • human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase transgene is evaluated by Western Blotting or immunohistochemistry.
  • expression of a linked reporter gene such as luciferase or LAC-Z, may be used to quantitate the tissues or cells expressing the transgene.
  • antibodies specific for human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase are used to detect the presence of this enzyme in various tissue sections or protein preparations from various tissues. Antibodies specific for human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase are described in J. Chiang (Attorney docket 18748/176, U.S. Ser. No. 08/135,510 U.S. Pat. No. 5,420,028).
  • 1 mg purified CYP7 enzyme is mixed with an equal volume of Freund's adjuvant and 5 mg/ml of heat-killed microbacteria.
  • the emulsified antigen mixtures were injected on the back of New Zealand white rabbits by intradermal injections on multiple sites.
  • 0.5 mg of purified human enzyme was mixed with incomplete adjuvant and used for booster injections to the same rabbits.
  • blood samples were collected from ear veins and tested for the presence of antibodies by Ouchterlony double diffusion and by immunoblotting as described previously by Chiang, et al., J. Biol. Chem. 265, 3889-3897 (1990), incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • the presence of human 7 alpha-hydroxylase expression in tissues is evaluated by immunohistochemistry using a human 7 alpha-hydroxylase specific antibody.
  • the alkaline phosphatase monoclonal anti-alkaline phosphatase method is used to detect binding of the specific antibody to various tissue sections.
  • Transgenic animals of the invention are most useful as animal models for testing agents and procedures that promote or inhibit overexpression or under expression of CYP7.
  • the CYP7 expressing animals are tested for materials that are suspected of promoting or inhibiting hypercholesterolemia.
  • the animals are exposed to various dosages of a known agent and tested for peripheral blood cholesterol and bile acid production. Animals and their descendants that have either increased or decreased peripheral blood cholesterol levels are then tested for the effect of an agent on the expression of CYP7.
  • Transgenic animals treated with agents that cause overexpression of CYP7 are used to study whether such overexpression prevents hypercholesterolemia when such treated animals are on a high cholesterol diet. Also, transgenic mice fed a diet containing high levels of both bile acids and cholesterol are used to determine whether a high bile acid diet suppresses 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase and thus induces hypercholesterolemia.
  • the transgenic animals of the invention can be used as a source of cells for cell culture.
  • Cells of the tissues of the transgenic animal that contain the activated recombinant gene can be cultures, using standard tissue culture techniques and used, for example to study the causes of hypercholesterolemia at the cellular and tissue level.
  • PRODUCTION OF TRANSFORMED CELLS PROMOTER/REPORTER GENE CONSTRUCTS
  • luciferase reporter system Assessment of gene regulation in transformed mammalian cells using the luciferase reporter system is well known to those of skill in the art. deWet et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 7: 725 (1987). The same pGL2-Basic luciferase vector (Promega) constructs described for the transgenic animals may be used in vitro. Also, luciferase activity in cell culture is performed by methods well known in the art. Promega Notes 28:1 (1990); Promega Technical Bulletin (Promega Corporation, Sep. 1993). Briefly, the supernatants of lysed cells are mixed with luciferin and Coenzyme A in a buffer containing ATP. Luciferin illuminescence, as detected using a luminometer, only occurs in the presence of the recombinant luciferase expressed in the transformed cells.
  • the transformed promoter-reporter cells of the invention can be Used as models to test for agents that potentially effect the expression of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.
  • deletions of the human CYP7 cis-acting elements are ligated upstream of the luciferase reporter gene (Luc).
  • the promoter fragments were generated by the polymerase chain reaction using the primers and a human CYP7 genomic clone as the template. The fragments were blunted by filling in with the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase and then digested with Xho I. The fragments were then ligated into pGL2-basic vector (Promega) which had been digested with SmaI and Xho I, and transformed into E. coli HB101 cells. The resulting plasmids could be used to transfect primary hepatocytes or hepatoma cells for the study of human luciferase gene expression under the control of the human CYP7 promoter.
  • Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene constructs were made by using the polymerase chain reaction and primers to amplify the 5' flanking regions and introns 1, 2 and 3 of the human CYP7 gene. Fragments are ligated into a promoterless pCAT basic vector (Promega). This plasmid is then used to generate nested deletions containing various pieces of 5' flanking DNA, intron 1, intron 2 and/or intron 3.
  • CAT Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
  • DNA of each transformed cell line from each construct is analyzed by Southern hybridization. DNA is extracted from the cells culture and the nucleic acid pellet is resuspended in 200 ul of 10 mM Tris-Cl pH 7.4, 0.1 mM EDTA, and 10 ug is digested with Kpn1 and BamH1, electrophoresed through 1.0% agarose, and transferred to nitrocellulose. Southern, J. Mol. Biol. 98:503 91975). Filters are hybridized overnight to CYP7 transgene specific probe in the presence of 10% dextran sulfate and washed twice in 2 ⁇ SSC, 0.1% SDS at 64° C.
  • a CYP7 transgene specific probe is a fragment of the CYP7 minigene that will not hybridize to related sequences in the host genome. This fragment is free of repetitive sequences.
  • the CYP7 transgene specific probe is labeled with 32 P dCTP by nick translation. Rigby et al., J. Mol. Biol. 113:237 (1977). Southern hybridization indicates cell lines contain the CYP7 minigene construct.
  • Transcription of the newly acquired gene in cultured cells is determined by extracting RNA from the cells and assaying the RNA by Northern Blot analysis, as described above.
  • Expression of recombinant human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase in cell culture is evaluated by Western Blotting or immunocytochemistry.
  • expression of a linked reporter gene such as luciferase or LAC-Z, may be used to quantitate the tissues or cells expressing the transgene.
  • luciferase or LAC-Z may be used to quantitate the tissues or cells expressing the transgene.
  • antibodies specific for human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase are used to detect the presence of this enzyme in the various transformed cells.
  • Transformed cell lines of the invention are most useful as in vitro models for testing agents and procedures that promote or inhibit overexpression or under expression of CYP7.
  • the CYP7 expressing cell lines are tested for materials that are suspected of promoting or inhibiting hypercholesterolemia.
  • the cells are exposed to various dosages of a known agent and tested for the presence of human cholesterol 7 ⁇ -hydroxylase.

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